[MyAppleMenu] Jan 7, 2002

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=== top =============

Jobs: Picture This -- iPhoto (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/07.iphoto.php>
iPhoto completes the digital hub for the digital lifestyle.

Jobs: Flat-Panel iMacs On The Way (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-8394595.html?tag=owv>
"Pretty much, us and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation."

Apple Gives Tech Good Name (Farhad Manjoo, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49508,00.html>
While other PC makers sunk their prices and hemorrhaged workers, Apple, with a mere 4 percent of the worldwide market, pushed the envelope technologically. It released about a half-dozen dazzling new products as well as recovering from a financial blight -- all while getting no respect from tech watchers.

Apple's New Core (Josh Quittner, Time)
<http://www.timecanada.com/story.adp?storyid=1>
Instead of taking up precious desk space like a typical flat monitor, the iMac's screen floats in the air, attached to a jointed, chrome-pipe neck. It's also rimmed by a "halo," a translucent plastic frame that makes you want to pull it toward you-or push it out of the way.

=== news =============

No Sleep 'Til Macworld (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,49525,00.html>
A small group of Macintosh fanatics camped out all night to be first in line for Steve Jobs' keynote speech. But it was all for naught: only about 1,000 people were in line when the doors opened.

Windows To Hear Sounds Of iPod (Ian Fried, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5101283,00.html>
Several enterprising companies are finding ways to augment the pocket-size MP3 player.

Over 2500 Applications Shipping For Mac OS X (Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/01/07.13.shtml>

Jobs: Mac OS X To Be Default OS, Products Demoed (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/07.osxdemo.php>
Starting today, all new Macs will boot-up in Mac OS X.

Jobs: 14-Inch iBook Introduced (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/07.ibook.php>
Prices have gone down and a new 14-inch "big brother" iBook was introduced.

Apple Lays On The Hype (Pia Sarkar, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/07/BU127550.DTL>
Since Apple won't talk, everybody else will.

Mac Boxes Make Nice Couches (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,49473,00.html>
Apple has a well-earned reputation for designing beautiful computers. But those who bother to notice the cardboard boxes the machines arrive in will also admire the artistry of the packaging.

Adobe Intros GoLive 6, LiveMotion 2 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/07.golivemotion.php>
Adobe's Web development tool GoLive 6.0 now ships with Web Workgroup Server, a site management and collaboration tool.

Apple Unveils iMac2 - The ANglepoise Generation (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/23563.html>
As it promised investors a year ago, Apple isn't following the PC box-shifters into a price war. It's unlikely that the original iMac will be discontinued, as Apple's core education market is so keenly price-sensitive.

New iMac Features Flat-Panel Display (Joe WIlcox and Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8388611.html?tag=nbs>
The new iMac looks like a desk lamp.

New iMac Revealed (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020106newimac.shtml>
The new iMac features a G4 processor housed in a hemisphere base with a chrome arm that extends and holds the 15-inch flat panel display.

=== reviews =============

Virtual PC 5 With Windows 98 (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/virtualpc5.shtml>
Although application speed continues to see only modest improvements, the program gets easier to configure and receives an impressive list of new features with each release.

Dave 3.1 (Alan Zisman, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/mac2win/02/0107.html>

iCab Beats Opera As Fastest Low-End Browser (Clarisse Leite Motter, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/02/0107.html>

=== internet top news =============

Group Builds Onto Wall Of Web Standards (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8353604.html?tag=owv>
A key Web standards group is moving quickly to sezie the initiative in a seesaw battle over methods for creating and viewing Web pages.

=== internet news =============

VeriSign Buys .Tv Web Domain (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8393177.html?tag=owv>

The Geeks Who Saved Usenet (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/07/saving_usenet/index.html>
Google's restoration of digital history relied on a few heroes' packrat mentality and a mountain of decaying mag tapes.

MSN Has Lots To Offer, Mostly From Microsoft (Linda Knapp, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/personaltechnology/134387480_ptgett06.html>
If you're looking for an ISP that will help you get connected and provide free support anytime, with an easy way to use e-mail, listen to music, watch the news, share photographs, and do other popular Web-based activities, MSN is a reasonable choice.

iCab Beats Opera As Fastest Low-End Browser (Clarisse Leite Motter, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/02/0107.html>

=== wintel top news =============

Judge Denies Microsoft Bid To Delay Antitrust Case (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/14499-1.html>
The ruling means hearings will begin in March.

Gates To Show XP Entertainment Interface (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8396192.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft will take yet another step down the consumer electronics path Monday with the demonstration of a custom version of Windows XP tuned to digital entertainment.

DVD Players To Use Microsoft Music Technology (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8389619-0.html?tag=ats>
Microsoft on Monday said four makers of DVD players would start supporting its digital audio technology, letting users play disks with up to 250 hours of music.

=== wintel news =============

Windows To Hear Sounds Of iPod (Ian Fried, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5101283,00.html>
Several enterprising companies are finding ways to augment the pocket-size MP3 player.

Home Invasion In A Box (Mark Margevicius, Gartner Viewpoint)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-201-8397519-0.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft is chasing the consumer like never before.

Intel, AMD Duke It Out With New Chips (Michael Kanellos and John G Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8365659.html?tag=owv>
It's a new year and a new round of processor battles -- and that means newer, faster PCs for desktops near and far.

MSN Has Lots To Offer, Mostly From Microsoft (Linda Knapp, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/personaltechnology/134387480_ptgett06.html>
If you're looking for an ISP that will help you get connected and provide free support anytime, with an easy way to use e-mail, listen to music, watch the news, share photographs, and do other popular Web-based activities, MSN is a reasonable choice.

=== linux news =============

Linux World Dismisses New Trojan Risk (Wendy McAuliffe, ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2836656,00.html>
A Remote Shell Trojan is making its way around the Linux community, but security experts say it should not pose a risk if users are vigilant.

China's WTO Entry Boosts Linux (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2102119,00.html>
China has agreed to step up its efforts to stamp out pirated software, but instead of paying for Windows, many organisations are switching to locally developed Linux distributions.

=== reader : world =============

State Of The Pundit (William Safire, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/opinion/07SAFI.html>
As Mort Sahl used to say, "Is there anybody I haven't offended?"

=== reader : tech =============

The Geeks Who Saved Usenet (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/07/saving_usenet/index.html>
Google's restoration of digital history relied on a few heroes' packrat mentality and a mountain of decaying mag tapes.

The Battle Of The Boxes: PC Vs. TV (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/technology/ebusiness/07GADG.html>
The rivalry between the PC and TV over which is destined to become the hearth of the home will take on new urgency when three prominent technology executives sketch out competing visions of their digital product lines.

=== reader : life =============

Sign Post (Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/06/CM32329.DTL>
Long befure the multiplex, there was the cluster of igloo-shaped domes called Century 21-25 in San Jose.

America Reboots In History's Crashes (Rob Morse, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/01/07/MN71307.DTL>
In this decade, as a powerful, stumbling United States proclaims yet again our "loss of innocence," historians should be as important as physicists were in the 1950s.

Poetry In Motion (David Dave, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-000001329jan06.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dmagazine>
Poetic license aside, can sports and poetry really coexist?

Jerry Seinfeld, Still Quip On The Draw (David Segal, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6455-2002Jan6.html>
"So," said Jerry Seinfeld, sauntering onstage at the Kennedy Center on Saturday night, "we meet again."

The Quaker And The Marine (Kristin Henderson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61288-2002Jan4.html>
When her husband left for Afghanistan, she set out to find peace.

=== singapore top news =============

Door Is Not Closed On School-Selection Issue (Sandra Davie, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,95211,00.html?>
MOE studying whether the timing of exercise can be changed without compromising the accuracy and fairness of the system.

=== singapore news =============

Minister Warns Job Losses Could Hit 1986 Levels (Chuang Peck Ming, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,32452,00.html?>
As of September 2001, there were about three job seekers for every job opening.

Singapore Foils 'Bombing Campaign' (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1746000/1746447.stm>

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